In his early years, Wang, Jin-Rui was a believer in Jaitism. Wang, Jin-Rui went to Japan to study Buddhism and practice Zen Buddhism in 1936 and graduated from the Buddhist School of Komazawa University. After returning to his motherland in 1940, he taught at the Kaiyuan Temple and other major Buddhist institutes of the time. Concerning himself with Buddhist education, Wang was heavily involved in its development and wrote about the relevant issues, including lay Buddhism, Buddhist education and the origin of the Buddhist temple. Wang was also familiar with the Caodong School of Japan and Chinese Zen. He has notable achievements, including writing Bi Yan Lu Notes, translating Substance of Buddhist Cultivation, compiling the Fundamental Principles of Theory of Consciousness-only, and publishing Essays in the History of Indian Buddhism. Integrating research from Japanese scholars, he is a Buddhist scholar from the end of the Japanese colonial period to the post-war period. His Buddhist practice is a part of the history of Buddhism in Taiwan, and his works translated from Buddhist masterpieces have contributed to further study of Buddhism in Taiwan, demonstrate quite clearly the well-intentioned reflection on Buddhism education. Bi Yan Lu Notes has a significant meaning of the time, and his inspiring views of “meditation and “seeking nothing” pass on theories from the Caodong School and Dharma to reveal Buddhist learnings in this area.
